A hole in the mountain. An unusual holiday home in Alps

Well, typically, architecture design is not a frequent visitor to the pages of my blog. Which is no wonder taking into account how many new and cool graphic designs are created daily and how much time takes to design and build some cool house, hotel, etc. Yet, from time to time some really nice things show up. So is today, a find by a famous emmas designblog - Villa Vals.
Actually when I saw it for the first time I instantly thought of the Hobbiton from the Lord of the Rings...

And I think that when you have a closer look at Villa Vals, you will agree with me :) So, welcome to the Villa and ex private holiday house which is now can be rented, provided you have enough money and like staying in the Alps... The latter I guess is easier to prove :))

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Colorful houses of Burano island

Add some positive and bright moments to this autumn with great pics of colorful houses of Burano island from apartmenttherapy... Wish I were there...

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Inspired by Internet. Day 5

Happy Friday to the world :)
And here comes the Day 5 of the Internet inspirations... Today I tried to pick a bit of everything... Fashion, graphic design, furniture and architecture... Things that made me excited and left some WOW in me...
So, here we go!

RESTYLE COFFEE TABLE
Unless you live in a large villa, loft or a penthouse, you typically always think - Damn, I wish I had more space... For all those, who strugle for an extra square feet/meter, UK designer James Howlett created an amazing coffee table which can transform into different combinations - a table and two chairs, a bookcase, a dining table, etc

Read more about this amazing transformer or get an indepth look

DIAMONDS ARE WOMEN'S BEST FRIENDS

Thus don't save on diamonds. And if you can't earn enough to present some diamond jewelry to your beloved one, then get 29 Euro (i.e. about 38 USD) and get a sparkling diamond to bring light into your romantic life... Provided you know how to screw in a light bulb :)

I think the light shed by this "diamond" must be really interesting to view... So far you can view some more pics of the Diamon Lights

FRANCE TO LONDON: MAPQUEST
Do you love travelling just the way I do? have you ever pinned the maps indicating the places you've been to? Yeah, that was years before GoogleMaps came :) While some people throw the maps away, others, like a French artist Elisabeth Lecourt who is currently creating her awesome stuff in London, make them art objects

Aint those really cool?! Just a regular map.. folded, adjusted, fixed... and here we go - a fashionable art object...  View some other great pieces by her here and here

NEST, SWEET NEST

Home... Home sweet home... Family nest...  Some people understand it way too literally...

Rahel Hegnauer, an artist from Zurich made such an installation to bring the notion of the family nest into everyday routine of the city... 

I'm just not sure whether the neighbours from a lower store are really happy with that... I guess that nest definitely blocks some light for their balcony...

Have a look yourself...especially here

I LIKE TEA... BIGELOW TEA...

Yes I like tea... I like hiqh quality tea,,, and I also like Chai tea by TAZO which is hard to get here and which is always welcome as a gift if you decide to present me some :)

And nice packaging matters as much as quality of the tea leaves... That's why I'd like to share some that I really liked... And was ready to taste tea inside just the very minute I saw the packaging...

Great design work done by Kristen Haff a yound designer from the Academy of Art in SF. 

More Bigelow tea packaging shots to enjoy here

MOMENTO TECHNOLOGY

And a thing which I was simply carried away with today. An awesome ad of facebook, youtube and skype as if it were done in 60's. Just awesome!

Digg it here, if you like it. Though it already got more than 1K diggs. But it really deserves it!

Well, Friday is over. Time to enjoy the weekend! And I promise not to waste time and get more cool stuff for you tomorrow! 

Inspired by Internet. Day 4

New day and new impressions... Today I've got a real mix of things. From a Magic Chair to cute and romantic pandas :) So, I bet you will find something to your liking... So. here we go... And as promised, the first thing is

MAGIC CHAIR
Transparent plates used to make this chair make a great use of the optical illusion to make us believe what we see... Just don't forget to keep those plates crystal clean to keep magic in the air :)

To see how this magic thing looks from a different angle, have a look here

Thanks TrendsNow

CLIMBING LIBRARY
A great addition to a contemporary house. A climbing library... Like a house inside the house. A reader's retreat... I personally would really like to spend days and weeks there... Roaming around... finding that perfect book to read and then hiding in a reader's shelter to enjoy the intimacy of the reading process...
Damn, looks like I haven't read for quite a while... :)

Get an overview of the library here or get into details including the detailed plan of the climbing library here

WHO IS PATRIZIA?

Couldn't stay aside from a creative campaign by Patrizia Pepe for the autumn/winter collection. Not as witty and cool as DIESEL campaign of course but not as plain as "revolutionary" BURBERY's one

Oh, and yes - I love the typography... See the rest of the posters...

RIBBONS MASTER

When ribbons are no longer pieces of cloth in your hands, then they transform into something totally different... and then it's only your creativity which is a limit... Awesome ribbon art by Maeda Baku

More exciting ribbon art to be admired here

KUNG FU CUTE PANDA

A photos of style and fantazy... A balance between a fairy tale and alternative reality... Awesome pictures by a 25 year old photographer from Spain Ibai Acevedo

Get deep into other reality right here

Well, another day and another set of inspiration is over... New day, new inspirations, new ideas. 

Stay inspired!